Saturday, October 13, 2012

Ghoulies and the End of My Vacation

Yeah, there's a subtext here. You almost can't avoid subtext in stories with monsters. And horror naturally tends toward the moralistic. But it's only in-your-face obvious when you slow down the reading process as I have here.You can read all of the story to date here.

And I'm still on vacation . . .

Today's my last day of vacation. There hasn't been a lot of not-doing that I haven't not-done. I've lazed, lolled, and loafed. I've snoozed, napped, slept in, and occasionally rested my eyes. And I haven't written down a fraction of the story ideas that course through my head.

Monday I get back to work. But I'll think bout that tomorrow.

Above: A flicker's wing, found on the beach. Nature's like that. Those who have a problem with violence and death should stay in the city.